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A Missouri fifth grader raised enough money to pay off his entire school's meal debt (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You see your hardships, can't look past the color of your skin, and project.

I don't see how my 'hardships' as a middle class white australian-american who moved to the US come into it. I'm describing how I observe the US to work.

Yes, rich people are more likely to crowdfund their rich friends.

White people are just more likely to be successful in their crowdfunding, even when poor.

I'm not arguing that there are no poor white people, that's silly. My wife's dad's grew up shoeless and white in rural illinois. The existence of poor white people doesn't disprove the fact non white people are a greater target for deliberate impoverishment.

I'm not deaf to class-based analysis. But this is the US. You just can't talk about class without also talking about how racialized poverty is in most of the country. Crowdfunding is one of the many facits of our society that very clearly reflects that.